1965
DOI: 10.1139/o65-102
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An Atypical Human Alcohol Dehydrogenase

Abstract: An atypical alcohol dehydrogenase was found in two human livers. The anomalous enzyme, which has been purified, differs from the normal regarding (a) pH rate profile, (b) substrate specificity, and (c) sensitivity to metal binding agents. Thiourea inhibits the variant enzyme, but activates normal human liver alcohol dehydrogenase. A simple screening test is described to differentiate between atypical and normal alcohol dehydrogenase in liver homogenate. Total alcohol dehydrogenase activity was considerably hig… Show more

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“…Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase and the normal human liver enzyme, which have the same tertiary structure [21], have an alanine residue in this position [22]. This residue is exchanged for proline in the atypical human enzyme [23] which has a different activity and pH optimum. Apparently this region plays an important role in the rate-limiting step of the catalytic mechanism.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase and the normal human liver enzyme, which have the same tertiary structure [21], have an alanine residue in this position [22]. This residue is exchanged for proline in the atypical human enzyme [23] which has a different activity and pH optimum. Apparently this region plays an important role in the rate-limiting step of the catalytic mechanism.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Allelic variants are known both for the ADHz locus (coding for ,@I and possibly several fl2 polypeptides [2]); and for the ADH3 locus (coding for the yl and y2 subunits [2]). The 'atypical' human liver alcohol dehydrogenase of Caucasian origin [3] is such a variant from the AD& locus [2] and the corresponding protein chain has been called the &-Bern subunit. Isoenzymes with ,&-Oriental subunits, isolated from livers of Oriental origin, have also been described t To whom correspondence shoufd be addressed [4,5], as well as forms with ~K~dj~~~~~l~~ chains from livers of African ancestry [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, alcohol dehydrogen~e preparations ~ont~ning either of these two atypical ~2-subunits distinctly differ in enzymatic properties from other preparations, The specific activity is considerably higher and the pHoptimum for ethanol oxidation is shifted from the normal pH around 10.5 down to about pH 8 [7,9]. Also, the susceptibility to inhibitors is significantly altered [3].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…One of them exhibits a single activity optimum at pH 7.0, whereas the other two have dual pH optima at 7.0 and 10.0. Based on the pH-dependence of their activities, their Km values for ethanol, and their mobility on starch gel electrophoresis, these newly discovered forms can be differentiated from both the "typical" and "atypical" enzyme forms described previously (5)(6)(7)(8)(9). Clearly, the molecular heterogeneity of human liver ADH is much more complex and diverse than had been appreciated, which calls for a more searching examination of the molecular and genetic basis of ADH isoenzymes.…”
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